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Red Lodge, MT – As part of management of an electric cooperative, Beartooth Electric’s management places a lot of weight on member feedback. Beartooth Electric Cooperative is in the midst of a careful process to develop a recommendation to its members for the future of the co-op.

The openness of co-op management and trustees was very apparent at a telephone Town Hall held for members on July 12. Members’ worries about the cost of their electricity and their influence with their utility were also apparent during the hour-long call.

Beartooth Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BEC) decided to use its share of a refund "windfall" according to BEC's website, to pay off debt. A check for $1.112 million arrived June 17. On Tuesday, June 28, the BEC board voted to use the funds to retire the loan used to pay its share of the Highwood Generating Station debt. This amount was determined earlier when BEC decided to leave Southern.

Examining business options for the future of Beartooth Electric Cooperative is an ever-present duty of the Board of Trustees. A large influence in this process is the feedback Beartooth Electric receives from its members. Now, the Beartooth management and board are asking its member-owners to weigh in on the future of their cooperative.

Red Lodge, MT – Examining business options for the future of Beartooth Electric Cooperative is an ever-present duty of the Board of Trustees. A large influence in this process is the feedback Beartooth Electric receives from its members. Now, the Beartooth management and board are asking its member-owners to weigh in on the future of their cooperative.

On May 11, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order affirming its previous opinion that customers served by NorthWestern Energy (NWE) were overcharged, for regulation services. As a result, Southern Montana Electric Generating and Transmission Inc. (Southern) will receive a refund of $6,347,021.

Bill Pascoe, an energy consultant and member-volunteer from Absarokee has been appointed to the board of trustees for Beartooth Electric Cooperative (BEC) and begins his term immediately after the resignation of board member Laurie Beers in March. The position covers Nye District 6.

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